Writing at Its Best: The Magic of Dialogue by Andrea La Bella In this, the latest post in our series of reflections on the nature of “good writing,” Andrea La Bella reflects on the magic of dialogue in film. Andrea is the Assistant to the Director at the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning. I grew up in a movie loving household. My father and mother would pile into the car with the five of us kids and head for the drive-in theater: one low admission price per car.  My brothers loved the action scenes. But I loved the dialogue. When [...]